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Socio-Economic Development
- Abstracts
Human Rights and Socio-Economic Development: - The Ethiopian Case
Andargatchew Tesfaye (professor), Department of Sociology and Social Administration, Addis
Ababa University
Introduction
In this paper, an attempt is made, to define socio- economic development in relation to
the rights of people. Based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other UN
Declarations and conventions ratified by Ethiopia, and the various laws of the country,
including the current constitution of the Federal of Ethiopia, an assessment of the state
of socio-economic development is made in relation to the questions of unemployment and its
consequences, particularly those of children and youth, the educational condition, the
health and nutritional status of the people and the housing condition in the country. All
these problems are discussed and analyzed on the basis of available data generated by
various governmental agencies, and some United Nations and international bodies operating
in the country.
The main purpose of the paper is to reveal how the socio- economic policies of the EPRDF
led Government are aggravating the socio-economic conditions of the people in Ethiopia.
THE INSIDER-OUTSIDER DIALECTIC IN NATIVE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A CASE
STUDY IN PROCESS UNDERSTANDING
ALEXANDER LOCKHART, Department of Sociology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario,
Canada, K9J 7B8.
The pathfinding initiative I wish to discuss is that of the North Coast Tribal Council's 1
effort to become an effective socio-economic development agent for its seven constituent
band communities. The chronic problem addressed by this effort is that which Beaver so
eloquently identifies in the Report of the National Indian Socio-Economic Development
Committee, i.e., how are native development organizations going to avoid replicating the
bureaucratic centralism and/or paternalistic approaches of their past masters, given that
this past has left such a massive residue of community level distrust and skepticism over
any development planning? The area of critical concern is specificly how native
administered socio-economic development initiatives are to overcome the inherent conflict
between the need to access wider economic opportunities while at the same time guarding
and enhancing their own social traditions and cultural identities.
The social impact of economic reconstruction in Vietnam: A selected review
By Do Duc Dinh, Head, Developing Economies Study Department, Institute of World
Economy, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Introduction
This literature survey is an attempt to assess the social impact of postwar economic
reconstruction in Vietnam. From 1976 to 1986, the first ten years after the reunification
of Vietnam, the massive effort required for the reconstruction of war damage and the
restructuring of the former planned and centralized economy, left little room for the
investigation of social issues.
In 1986, Vietnam embarked on a strategy of overall economic restructuring towards the
creation of a market economy, marking the turning point in the process of Vietnam's
socio-economic development. Since the beginning of the 1990s, this process has been
further strengthened by the adoption of the "Socio-Economic Development Strategy
toward the Year 2000". During this period, more attention was given to social policy
issues, by both decision-makers as well as researchers. This trend was also reflected in
the literature with a greater discussion on social issues, in particular on the general
social impact of economic restructuring and the effect on specific groups such as workers
and urban dwellers, peasants and the rural population, and on different regions and
provinces throughout the country.
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